That year the flowers bloomed 1981

Chapter 1483 Is Li Ye Becoming Unrighteous? (One chapter added while accompanying someone at the hospital, taking leave)
"Should we ask them carefully? It's not appropriate for us to ask them ourselves. I'll get someone to come over."

"Hey, Aunt Liu, there are a few suspicious-looking people here. They didn't hurt anyone, but they smashed the window of my Mercedes."

"I'm coming right away, be very careful, if things get dangerous, hide first! I've got people blocking the alley entrance."

"Okay, okay, it's nothing."

Jiang Shiqi said he wanted to ask those people from the Red Star Factory what they were doing in this area, since the Red Star Factory was only four or five kilometers away and they shouldn't be here so late at night.

But Jiang Shiqi was used to taking shortcuts and forgot that this was the capital, not Suzhou. If you dared to interrogate him privately, the consequences could be serious.

So Li Ye called Aunt Liu from the neighborhood office.

Don't let Aunt Liu's lack of uniform fool you; she's part of an official organization and works with the joint defense team, bearing the responsibility of fire prevention and theft control. Asking these drunkards what's going on shouldn't be a problem for her.

When Aunt Liu received Li Ye's call, he arrived incredibly quickly, and the members of the joint defense team also came over.

There's no other way! Li Ye is such a "righteous" young man. Over the years, he has helped most of the unemployed youth in the neighborhood. During the Spring Festival, Aunt Liu hoped that Li Ye could help some middle-aged laid-off workers, and Li Ye quickly took care of it.

You can't expect Li Ye to be so accommodating when you need something from him, but then act all high and mighty when he asks you for a small favor.
So when Aunt Liu and the others arrived, the sheer scale of their arrival was even more exaggerated than the "arrow piercing the clouds" scene in the movies.

Those drunkards were truly dumbfounded. How could throwing a bottle have caused such a commotion?
Aunt Liu is very experienced in dealing with people who act tough when drunk but back down when they crash their car.

"Tell me, which street are you from? Are you wearing Hongxing Factory uniforms? What are you doing here with Hongxing Factory? Tell me the truth!"

"You won't talk, huh? Then let's find a place where you can talk. Your workplace will come pick you up tomorrow morning."

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The group of drunkards had sobered up completely by now. One of them looked up and said bitterly, "There's no one left in our unit."

"nobody?"

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment, then her face hardened and she snapped, "When did the Red Star Factory disappear? You're talking nonsense! Where did you steal this Red Star Factory uniform from?"

"We're really short-staffed at our factory. Look at these work IDs if you don't believe me."

Another worker from the Hongxing factory showed his work ID and said with a wronged expression, "Before the Lunar New Year, our Hongxing factory was completely demolished. Those with connections were all absorbed by other sister companies."
We, who are not related to them, are not loved by our maternal grandparents or uncles. They suggested that we take unpaid leave, but we disagreed. Why should we not be paid after working for more than ten years?
But the old factory manager just packed up and left, and a new factory manager who was a college graduate was brought in. He was all talk and no action, but in less than a month, he sold off everything in the factory. Now we don't even know who to contact if we want to apply for a leave of absence without pay.

“Some of our colleagues went to the No. 1 factory of the light vehicle company and came back to tell us that the No. 1 factory was expanding and recruiting people, so we wanted to try to find a way through connections.”

Later, we encountered a swindler who claimed to be an old classmate of Factory Director Li. He even told us that Factory Director Li from the First Branch Factory lived in this area, and our colleagues also said that Factory Director Li lived west of the lake. We believed him.

As a result, we were scammed. Our family was already struggling to make ends meet, and then we borrowed money to pay the kickback. We were really desperate, so we thought we'd try anything as a last resort and came directly to Factory Director Li.

But after asking around for two hours, we still couldn't find the temple gate, so we went to a tavern for a drink. Then we got angrier and angrier. Why do good people in this world always have bad luck, while bad people always get rich?

Then, coincidentally, this car blew our headlights into our eyes. We old Beijingers all know that shining a flashlight in someone's eyes is just being obnoxious, isn't it? We were so angry we threw a bottle at them.”

These workers from the Red Star Factory, all

Originally, Aunt Liu and the others were impatient to listen to this rambling self-justification, but when the other party mentioned the first factory, she looked at Li Ye with a strange expression. After seeing that Li Ye did not stop her, she patiently listened to the workers finish their explanation.

Then, with a mix of amusement and exasperation, she asked, "You came here to see Director Li of the Light Vehicle Company? And then you smashed this car?"

"We really didn't mean it, we'll pay, we'll pay."

"You guys...sigh."

Aunt Liu was furious, but she also felt that these workers were really unlucky.

Everyone in old Beijing knows that seven out of ten matchmakers who boast and make connections are swindlers, yet these workers still got scammed.

Aunt Liu knows the value of this imported Mercedes-Benz W14. A single piece of glass would cost tens of thousands of yuan, and that's not even considered ripping you off. You're going to compensate? What are you going to use to compensate? If Li Ye really cares, a single piece of glass could be enough to sentence several of you.

But at that moment, Li Ye said in a deep voice, "Forget it, let them go, Aunt Liu." Aunt Liu asked in a low voice, "How about we have them write something for you, so that if there's any trouble later, we'll have some evidence?"

Li Ye glanced at the workers with bruised and swollen faces, nodded, and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Aunt Liu. I'll take responsibility for today's incident, and I'll treat everyone tomorrow."

"What do you mean by 'treat'? We already owe you so many favors. If anyone should be treating, it should be us."

Aunt Liu smiled and refused Li Ye's offer. She then turned around and led the joint defense team members away with the workers.

She asked these workers to write something, not to deliberately make things difficult for these poor folks, but because Jiang Shiqi and Qu Qingyou had offended them. If their parents or wives came looking for trouble and turned around to accuse them, it would be hard to explain.

Look what you've done to my man! Pay up!

At that point, even a Mercedes window wouldn't be enough to cover the damages!

After watching Aunt Liu and the others leave, Jiang Shiqi spat out a mouthful of saliva, still feeling resentful.

"Tch, they got off too easy."

But Li Ye sighed and said, "Do you know why they still have money to go to taverns to drink?"

Jiang Shiqi said, "They're just pretending to be poor! Even if Master Jing is poor, does he lack the money for a meal?"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "They probably gave them the last of their savings so they could try their luck here."

Jiang Shiqi's cheeks twitched a few times, and he said helplessly, "If that's really the case, then even drinking cold water will cause problems."

While driving, Qu Qingyou suddenly asked Li Ye, "So, are you going to recruit them into the first branch factory?"

Li Ye remained silent for a moment, then slowly shook his head without saying a word.

He has limited abilities and cannot help everyone.

Among all those who need help, many are far better people than these few drunkards.

You got scammed, so you took it out on others, throwing bottles at them. If Li Ye and his gang hadn't been so cunning, you would probably have gotten a good beating.

From a saintly perspective, they are all pitiful people who need God's help and salvation. But from a manager's perspective, are they the excellent workers he needs?
Therefore, people do change.

Just now, Li Ye and Duan Jiajun had a meal that cost several years' wages to these workers, yet they could chat and laugh without batting an eye.

These workers desperately need a job, which Li Ye could easily solve with a wave of his hand, yet he rationally extinguished their hopes.

Have I become a bad person?

"I can read the classics, but I can't control what's happening outside the window. I can feel pity, or I can stand by and do nothing."

When Li Ye and many others read this passage in their past lives, they all felt that their talents were not being recognized and thought, "If I were to sit in that position one day, I guarantee that I would restore peace and order to this world."

Because Li Ye came from decades in the future, he always had a subtle sense of alienation from this world, and thus retained certain beliefs from his previous life as a beast of burden.

Whether it was Hao Jian, Jin Peng, Li Dayong, Wang Jianqiang, Pei Wencong, Wen Leyu, or Wen Guohua, they all deserve praise for their "righteousness".

But today, Li Ye didn't show any loyalty; instead, he turned these workers away.

He didn't know if, in another ten or twenty years, he would be completely assimilated by this world and this circle, turning into a rational machine and no longer being righteous.

He suddenly began to understand his teacher, Zhang Qiyan.

Zhang Qiyan has spent so many years studying at school and has become a well-known industry leader, but in the end, doesn't he still have to risk everything to go to a higher platform and help more people?

　I'll be spending the next few days at the hospital with my husband, so I'll have to try my best to keep updating. I'm truly sorry, everyone!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)